Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Equality Naruto ❯ A Start to Greatness ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: Naruto is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto…that I in no way own or take credit for.

 

The Start to Greatness

 

 

Naruto had never been one to give up, but he could only take so much. He was an orphan, but even in the orphanage he felt like an outsider. While outside the orphanage he was treated like a monster. The only person to ever treat him with any respect was the Hokage, but that was the problem, as a Hokage, it was part of his duty to love the village as a whole.

 

Even at the tender age of eight Naruto had learned better than most how to survive on his own. The Third had given him his own apartment just after his eighth birthday and he'd been forced to learn responsibility quickly.

 

So for the next three years he tried to find his place in society. He tried everything from mimicking others, to pulling prank after prank, but nothing gained him the recognition he wanted. When he started attending the ninja academy he believed he'd finally found his place. But sadly nothing he wanted came from it.

 

In the three months that he attended the academy he found that somehow people, if possible, hated him even more. His instructors even refused to acknowledge him for his accomplishments. During the three months he'd been at the academy he'd shown he was intelligent, strong, and determined. He fell in the top ten percentile of the class, but had nothing to show for it in his opinion. He had no friends and people picked on him constantly. He became quite and placed a fake goofy smile on his face when he was spoken to. And that's how he continued for those three years of his life.

 

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It was October tenth and the class was discussing the events of this day. The day The Fourth defeated the Nine-tail Fox. It just so happened that today was his birthday as well, but he decided to keep it to himself. He learned long ago that this wasn't a day to celebrate anything, unless it was the Nine-tailed fox's defeat by the Fourth Hokage of Konoha. This was the one day Naruto made sure to stay out of the villager's sights. It was the one day that villagers made it a point to take out their anger on him, and he wasn't taking any beating today. Iruka dismissed the class and Naruto bolted out the open window and using his limited chakra control sped home, using his over developed stealth as he went.

 

Hours later after arriving home unscratched…

 

Naruto sat on his window seal and watched the sun fall behind the horizon. So another day ends. He sighed. I feel so…so…empty. He stared at the stars that had littered the darkening sky. There so beautiful. I wonder if anyone would notice if I just disappeared. There are so many people living here nobody would notice. I could leave and start over. Nobody would even bother looking for me. I could be happy. Happy? I wonder how that feels. He sat watching the stars flicker above him. He thought over his idea. I'd be running away, but a coward I'm not! I just, need a break. With those thoughts he'd made up his mind. He would leave as soon as he was prepared. I was going to become a Ninja for all the wrong reasons anyways. His eyes traveled to the monument that held all the faces of the four great ninjas of Konoha. His eyes landed on the fourths face and he was overcome by a wave of fur real anger. Damn him…why me? Why? It's not fair. You gave me nothing to compensate for this curse. He remembered the day he'd first found out what the fourth had done to him.

 

(Flash Back)

 

He'd just escaped a few ANBU ninja by hiding in a trashcan. They'd also stopped just beside the trashcan he'd hidden in. So he was now trapped in his smelly hiding spot.

 

Their conversation had been right to the point.

 

ANBU-1 “I don't know why they don't just kill the Nine-tail brat.”

 

ANBU-2 “We've been through this Naruto isn't the Nine-tail Fox he's only it's container.”

 

ANBU-1 “He's still has that monster inside of him I don't understand why The Third didn't just have the child killed after The Fourth sealed the Nine-tail inside of the brat.”

 

ANBU-2 “You'll never understand.”

 

And with that they both sprinted off.

 

(END)

 

That's how he'd found out about the Nine-tail Fox that was sealed inside of him. It also explained the markings on his stomach when he used his chakra.

 

He understood that he was the only thing keeping the fox from running ramped and destroying ever thing in its path starting with Konoha. He often wondered if he somehow released the fox, if people would look at him as a human instead of the Nine-tail itself since it would be free and destroying the village while he stood and watched with everyone else.

 

His head drooped as his anger fell apart. He couldn't hate the Fourth he'd only been trying to protect those people he believed in. It wasn't his fault they were all a bunch of assholes.

 

He looked back at the monument and held out his fist toward the Fourths face. I swear that no matter what, I will become a greater ninja than you ever were! I'll show all of Konoha just how great I am when I return. I swear.

 

Naruto walked over to his bed tomorrow he would start his preparations for his disappearance, but for now he'd sleep.

 

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I started this story because I'm sick of seeing Naruto portrayed as an idiot as well as ridiculously strong. So here's to a new story. Um… to those of you that are waiting for a new chapter to The Hybrid Angel I'm just taking a break before, I write bad chapter, but latest chapter, it's practically finished. The chapter should be up within a week of posting this. As for The Twisted Fang… don't hold your breath… as for this story got a lot of ideas for it and don't see any road blocks in the near future. R&R

 

Till Next Time…